MISTAKE MONDAY for May 14: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. This is an obvious mistake.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
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MISTAKE MONDAY for May 7: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment. I think this one is easy. What do you think?
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for April 23: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for April 16: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for April 9: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
This one didn’t jump out at me when I reviewed the image. Will you do better than I did?
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for April 2: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
Here’s a key piece of information: I viewed this item when I was buying something from a website in February 2018. Without this information, you might not realize that anything is wrong with this week’s Mistake Monday item.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for March 26: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
Want a clue to this week’s big mistake? Read my post on “Bloggers’ top two punctuation mistakes.” It doesn’t discuss this exact mistake, but it’ll point you in the right direction.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading. I make mistakes, too. Mistake Monday keeps me vigilant. After all, I don’t want to make any more mistakes worthy of posting here.
MISTAKE MONDAY for March 19: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? There’s more than one problem this week. Please post your answer as a comment. 
Here’s a clue to one of the mistakes. Some words are commonly confused with other words that sound similar, but have different meanings.
If you can’t find the confusing word in this week’s Mistake Monday example, check out “Top 30 Commonly Confused Words in English.” If this word appears frequently in writing that you proofread, consider adding it to a checklist of words that you review more carefully than others.
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading.
MISTAKE MONDAY for March 12: Can YOU spot what’s wrong?
Can you spot what’s wrong in the image below? Please post your answer as a comment.
Once again, here’s an error in a major newspaper. I suspect that text, such as headlines and captions, that isn’t written by the reporter may be particularly prone to becoming fodder for Mistake Monday. Do YOU have a theory explaining these errors?
I post these challenges to raise awareness of the importance of proofreading. I still struggle with proofreading my own work.